Jim Hall discography


Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums, 10 live albums, 1 EP, 1 single, 10 videos, and 22 compilations, all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition, he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists.

Studio albums (as leader/co-leader)

Posthumous releases
All compilations were issued under Jim Hall's name unless otherwise indicated.
  • 1968 various artists, Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop - track B1, "Careful / The Touch of Your Lips"; track B2, "You Stepped Out of a Dream"
  • 1969 V.A., All-Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington
  • 1983 Jim Hall – Japan-only release. collects three previously released songs: "Concierto de Aranjuez," "Swan Lake," and "Pavane For A Dead Princess".
  • 1986 Sonny Rollins, The Quartets featuring Jim Hall – includes The Bridge along with 7 songs 1962 and 1964 that feature Jim Hall
  • 1987 The Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall – the complete recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall along with 12 previously unissued performances
  • 1992 Zoot Sims and His Orchestra featuring Jim Hall, Recado Bossa Nova – collects songs from Sims's New Beat Bossa Nova albums
  • 1992 V.A., Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas – track 10, "O Tannenbaum"
  • 1993 V.A., A Jazz Valentine: In the Mood for Love – track 1, "I'm in the Mood for Love"
  • 1995 Jimmy Giuffre with Jim Hall, Trio & Quartet – Italian release
  • 1995 V.A., Color and Light: Jazz Sketches of Sondheim – track 7, "One More Kiss"; track 10, "What Can You Lose?"
  • 1995 The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall, The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall – European release
  • 1997 Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings – includes all recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall except the Warner Bros. album First Place Again
  • 1998 The Concord Jazz Heritage Series – collects songs from Hall's albums on the Concord label
  • 2000 Ballad Essentials – spans 1981–1989; songs from Circles, Jim Hall's Three, All Across the City, First Edition, and Live at Village West
  • 2001 Mugonuta/Live in Tokyo – includes Live in Tokyo album plus four tracks from Jazz Impressions of Japan
  • 2001 Jim Hall and Ron Carter - Telepathy – reissue of the albums Live At Village West and Telephone
  • 2002 Storyteller – reissue of the albums Circles and All Across the City
  • 2002 Downbeat Critic's Choice – collects 12 songs from albums Hall recorded between 1995 and 2001 for Telarc
  • 2004 The Unreleased Sessions – collects two Buddy Collette albums plus four songs from Tanganyika
  • 2005 CTI Best Of Jim Hall
  • 2006 Hallmarks: The Best of Jim Hall's – includes songs from his albums on the Concord and Telarc labels
  • 2009 V.A., Douglas on Blue Note – track 8, "My Funny Valentine" with Bill Evans
  • 2011 The Complete "Jazz Guitar" – contains complete versions of songs from the Jazz Guitar album, plus 5 bonus tracks
  • 2018 Wonderboy – collect 27 songs

    EPs

  • 1958: Jazz Guitar: Jim Hall Trio EP - songs: A1: "Stompin' at the Savoy"; A2: "This is Always"; B1: "Thanks for the Memory"

    Singles

  • 1957: "Satin Doll" / "Stella by Starlight"

    Tribute albums

  • 2014: Ron Carter - In Memory of Jim with Larry Coryell and Peter Bernstein
  • 2014: Kim Ji Hoon and Ahn Jae Jin - Locutions: A Tribute to Jim Hall
  • 2014: Satoshi Inoue - ''Plays Jim Hall''

    As backing musician

A–C

With Nat Adderley
  • 1960: That's Right!
  • 1963: Little Big Horn
With Manny Albam
  • 1962: Jazz Goes to the Movies
With Anamari
  • 1964: Anamari
With Ruby Braff
  • 1958: Ruby Braff Goes Girl Crazy
With Buddy Bregman and his Dance Band
  • 1959: Swingin' Standards
With Bob Brookmeyer
With Paul Bryant
  • 1960: Burnin reissued in 2010 by Fresh Sound on one CD along with The Blues Message by Paul Bryant and Curtis Amy.
With Gary Burton
  • 1963: Something's Coming!
  • 1992: Six Pack
With Bill Charlap
  • 2002: Stardust guest appearance on 1 track
With June Christy
  • 1959: Recalls Those Kenton Days
With Ornette Coleman
  • 1972: Broken Shadows also released in 2000 as part of The Complete Science Fiction Sessions
With Buddy Collette
  • 1956: Tanganyika
  • 1957: Porgy & Bess
  • 1959: ''Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds At the Cinema!''

    D–G

With Paul Desmond
  • 1959: First Place Again also released as East of the Sun in 1981
  • 1961: Desmond Blue also released as Late Lament with bonus tracks
  • 1962: Two of a Mind with Gerry Mulligan
  • 1963: Take Ten
  • 1964: Glad To Be Unhappy
  • 1964: Bossa Antigua
  • 1965: Easy Living
With Eric Dolphy and John Lewis
  • 1960: Play Kurt Weill released in 2008 - complete Mike Zwerin album of the music of Kurt Weill; tracks 1-7 released in 1965 as Mack The Knife And Other Berlin Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill
With Bill Evans
  • 1962: Interplay
  • 1962: Loose Blues
  • 1963: Undercurrent
  • 1966: Intermodulation
With Art Farmer
  • 1962: Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
  • 1963: Interaction
  • 1963: Live at the Half-Note
  • 1964: To Sweden with Love - released in Sweden as Visa På Annorlunda Vis
  • 2008: The Complete Live Recordings - includes Live at the Half-Note plus a previously unofficially-released set recorded live in London on June 27, 1964
With Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1960: Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
  • 1961: Ella in Hollywood actually Herb Ellis; initially incorrectly attributed to Jim Hall
With Stan Getz
With Jimmy Giuffre
  • 1957: The Jimmy Giuffre 3
  • 1957-58 Hollywood & Newport 1957–1958
  • 1958: Trav'lin' Light
  • 1958: The Four Brothers Sound
  • 1958: Western Suite
  • 1959: Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre with Herb Ellis
  • 1959 Seven Pieces
  • 1959: The Easy Way
  • 1959: Princess Italian release - recorded at Adriano Theatre, Rome, Italy, June 19, 1959
  • 1960: The Jimmy Giuffre Quartet in Person
  • 2006: ''Complete Studio Recordings''